Achievements

Achievements of the Council

1982:

Start of the supply of breeding pairs of the conventional SAM colony of Kyoto University.

1984:

Foundation of the Council for SAM Research. Sponsorship of the First Annual Meeting on SAM at Kyoto University. Establishment of a specific pathogen-free (SPF) SAM colony at Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd.. Start of the supply of breeding pairs of the SPF SAM colony.

1985:

Sponsorship of the first training course for assessment of the grading score of senescence (16 times as of 2003, at Kyoto Univ.).

Sponsorship of the First International Conference on Senescence: The SAM Model in Kyoto [ The SAM Model of Senescence, T. Takeda, (ed), Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, 1994] .

1995:

Co-sponsorship of the Second International Conference on Animal Models for Aging Research in Kyoto [ Experimental Gerontology 32 (1/2) Special Issue, R. L.Sprott, T. Takeda and C.A. Rocha (eds), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Animal Models for Aging Research, 1997] .

1997:

Enactment of the regulations of the Council for Japanese investigators. Start of the periodical publication of a circular for Japanese members of the Council. Establishment of a SPF SAMP1 (SAMP1//Ka) colony at Kagoshima University and start of the supply of their breeding pairs.

1999:

Launching of homepage (Japanese) of the Council (http://samrc.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp).

2001:

Participation of the breeders, Japan SLC Inc. and Harlan/International Biogerontology Research Institute (IBRI) in a project wherein they were entrusted with the production and distribution of SAM mice by the Council.

2002:

Stop of the supply of breeding pairs of SAM and start of the consignment distribution of the SAM model.